"The first Santa Cruz city landmarks list was compiled in 1950 by the Chamber of Commerce, citing 20 buildings that had promotional appeal in drawing tourists to Santa Cruz County," writes columnist Ross Eric Gibson. "Elsewhere development pressures were sweeping away buildings, neighborhoods and farms to favor freeways, urban renewal, slum clearance and suburban sprawl."
Long before the first white settlers came to Dekalb County Indiana, the Potawatomie Indians dominated the area. Nearby, Pokagon State Park is named after the great Potawatomie Chief, Pokagon.